On Sun, 7 Aug 2005, William Warren wrote: > > I think i did not make myself clear. The corrections off-list are > valid..:) However the modems are accessed by the providers using > RFC1918 space and not public IP space. This is true it does not mean
and there was a mention at IETF by Alian of comcast (formerly of FT I thought?) that comcast was looking at an immediate ipv6 rollout: "because net 10 is not big enough"... 'immediate' on some scale not 'ten years out' (no timeframes mentioned, sorry) > they are natting the users..however they are using large amounts of > RFC1918 space to either save address space in general or save the costs > associated with the additional address space they would consume if they > did not use the RFC1918 space. > > William Warren wrote: > > > > Actually the cable modems and Dsl modems usually have a 10.x address > > they are used by the ISP's to access their internal firware. Also on > > traces that I have done on both cable and dsl the first hop is > > invariably a RFC1918 address. > > > <snip> > > -- > My "Foundation" verse: > Isa 54:17 No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and > every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt > condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their > righteousness is of me, saith the LORD. > > -- carpe ductum -- "Grab the tape" > CDTT (Certified Duct Tape Technician) > > Linux user #322099 > Machines: > 206822 > 256638 > 276825 > http://counter.li.org/ >